The Holocaust is not a cheap soap opera. The Holocaust is not a romantic novel. It is something else.

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

You cannot write in more than one language. Words don't come out as well.

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.

The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria.

It has become increasingly clear that Hungarian authorities are encouraging the whitewashing of tragic and criminal episodes in Hungary's past, namely the wartime Hungarian governments' involvement in the deportation and murder of hundreds of thousands of its Jewish citizens. I found it outrageous that the Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly could participate in a ceremony honoring a Hungarian fascist ideologue

Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning. The tragedy of man is that he doesn't know how to distinguish between day and night. He says things at night that should only be said by day.